Website and poster self-reflection and evaluation

Year 10 Creative Media Short Film Production – Term 04 Mr Andrews

Task 5: Website and poster self-reflection and evaluation:

Part One: Discuss your feelings about the website, poster and promotional materials task:

1.    Are you satisfied with the final result?

Upon competing it, I was satisfied, through I would have liked to have added a trailer, but the loan laptops did not have soundtrack pro, which was the only remain of the theme tune I had. However, when I saw everyone else's, I believe that I could have done a lot more and made it more visually appealing on some of the pages. 

2.    Did the website require more/less time than you originally thought?

It required the same because I have made a website before for an assignment, so I knew how long each aspect would take. 

3.    Would like to change any aspects of your final project (layout, links, images, colour scheme etc)?

As I said, I would have liked a trailer, but I also think that I could have looked deeper into the theme and had other elements showing the theme on the site. Like scribbled notes on the side pages or actually have the blue butterfly shown on the site (apart from the case file). 

4.    If you could start the project again what would you do differently?

If I started it again, I'm pretty sure that I would keep it similar, however I would just add more detail and get more information onto the site, because other than that, I am happy with the site. 

Part Two: Respond to each of the following dot points (using complete sentences or paragraphs). You should include as much detail as possible in your responses.

1.    Discuss whether your website and poster have turned out the way you pictured them?

I had pictured what the poster is, however I ran into difficulties in photoshop because I didn't succeed at making the background dark and tinting the characters a slightly different tone without making the layer cover everything underneath. So in short, what I pictured was to have a clearer faces of katie and skylar. But I am really happy that I accidentally found how to darken the edges and make if foggy looking because that was exactly what I imagined. 

2.    Describe whether your site and poster clearly depicts the intended genre and describe some specific design techniques you have used to achieve this;

I believe that my site does convey that it is from the crime genre, due to the naming of the links (e.g. evidence) and the case files that people do connect to crime, and private detectives. I think that the darker colours do signify that it is not a happy-chappy film, rather a thriller because of the dark edges of the poster that can be seen on the homepage. 

3.    Did you have all of the necessary resources to complete your site and poster or did you create new materials?

No, we went out and shot a few images on thursday afternoon so that we could have clearer images for the poster. Also I had an idea of what I wanted for the poster and I needed a different image to do so. 

4.    Describe any problems or difficulties you encountered during the process. These may include; technical difficulties, corrupt or missing files, difficulty using the iWeb software, problems exporting files, sound or video etc;

Not too many that I couldn't fix. The only problem was the no connection to my sound file and just my lack of experience with iweb, but nothing too major. 

5.    Clarify how you made use of planning, content-lists and the flowchart during the authoring process;

I first went and did a flow chart of exactly what I wanted on the site. From there I would fill in (still on word) what I would have, text wise in each of the pages. Then I went to powerpoint and created a brief little idea of how it could be structured but I soon went straight into iWeb, because I believed it would be better to orginise how everything will look, on the actual program I was to create it on. I then would add boxes where I was going to have images and then I would label the boxes (e.g. Skylar action shot) so I knew what to look for. (attached in the next post is the word document planning that I adjusted throughout the assignment)

6.    Clarify any time-management issues you encountered during the creative process and describe the steps you took to improve in this area;

Not too many time management issues, I got a laptop out over the weekend and that gave me sufficient time to add the images and finish the poster. All the rest of the work I did in class. 

7.    Discuss whether you undertook adequate and detailed reflection throughout your project.

I believe I did take "adequate and detailed" reflections throughout the assessment. Each reflection would discuss what I did, what went wrong, what looked good and what next time. 

8.    Have you provided enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs/journals and think about whether it looks like a whole terms worth of work);

Yes, because I would do a blog after every lesson. So it does look like a term's worth of work. 

PLAN LAYOUT FOR WEBSITE

CONTENT:

Character Profiles

A cover for a crime folder with tabs, a date will be at the bottom marking 27.04.1922 with the title being CHARCTER PROFILES. Have the following in sub folders

Katie Samules

FULL NAME: KATHERINE JANE SAMULES

DOB: 23/07/1902 (aged 20)

OFFICAIL OCCUPATION: Private Detective
ADDRESS: 65 Marnui Ave, Melbourne, VIC

Skylar Grey

FULL NAME: SKYLAR CLARE GREY

DOB: 22/12/1903 (aged 19)

OFFICAIL OCCUPATION: Private Detective
ADDRESS: 65 Marnui

Victor Irving

FULL NAME: VICTOR CHARLES IRVING

DOB: 13/02/1898 (aged 24)

OFFICIAL OCCUPATION: Investor

KNOWN FOR: Drug Supplying, Assault, Suspected homicide
ADDRESS: Melbourne, VIC (further details unknown)

Ella Treasamine

FULL NAME: Ella Scarlett Treasimne

DOB: 24/005/1903 (aged 19)

OFFICIAL OCCUPATION: Student

KNOWN FOR: Jewellery theft, minor assault, Shoplifiting and other various theft charges.  
ADDRESS: 324 Baranui Avenue, Melbourne, VIC (further details unknown)

The Film in the Making

Through the trials and course of a twenty-week project, the Blue Butterfly was planned, written, created and produced.

(Have a slide of 20 photos from the creation of the film)

Storyboards

Put on your detective jacket and investigate the ‘LAIR’ scene from the film, The Blue Butterfly

(Have storyboards available from the start of the lair scene to just before Katie sees victor and ella)

Film Summary

Amidst the 1920’s Melbourne alleys, swarmed with violence, drugs and theft, private detectives Katie Samuels (Amanda Tauber) and Skylar Grey (Emma-Jordan Opie) are on the case. When news spreads that the Blue Butterfly Diamond, valued at over twelve million pounds has been stolen, Katie and Skylar, determined for justice, pursue the diamond to the darkest depths of the old 1920’s underground.

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